Thursday 11 December 2014

Friday 12 December 2014

Minister welcomes statutory interventions report

Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has welcomed the recommendations of the Review of Statutory Interventions in State and State Integrated Schools. The Working Group set up to conduct the review has recommended the Ministry of Education and schools work more closely together. “We’re committed to raising educational achievement for five out of five kids so we need to make sure all schools operate successfully. The vast majority do, but a small number experience difficulties so they need extra support. ...

New TEI Council members appointed 

Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce today announced appointments to four tertiary education institution councils, including two new council members and three reappointments. “I am pleased to welcome these high-calibre new council appointees into their roles. I also welcome the reappointment of three council members in recognition of their high quality contribution,” Mr Joyce says. “I also wish to thank outgoing council members for the valuable service they have provided.” The new appointments are: ...

New provider for $5 million digital advisory service

Nikki Kaye | Education
Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye today announced that CORE Education has been chosen to deliver the Ministry of Education’s new Learning Technologies Advisory (LTA) Service. A total of $5 million will be invested in the service over three years, starting in 2015. “This service is about helping teachers take advantage of digital technology to enhance learning in our schools. “The world is now awash with digital resources, such as interactive, online learning tools, that can help make teaching and learning more engaging and more effective. ...

Ministry announcement of flagship communities of schools

The government's flagship communities of schools - today the Ministry of Education will name the 90 schools which will make up the first 11 collaborative hubs. From next term, these communities of primary and secondary schools will work together, with senior principals and teachers taking leadership and mentoring roles across schools, and being paid more for those roles. Two schools opting into the policy next year are John Paul College in Rotorua and St Mary's primary school in Tauranga. Their principals are Patrick Walsh from John Paul College - a former President of the Principals' Association; and Ben Fuller from St Mary's Primary.

Ministry intervening in 69 schools

NZ City
The Ministry of Education is intervening in 69 schools around the country which it believes have problems that could jeopardise the welfare of the students or the running of the school. The ministry's report reviewing statutory interventions was ...

School takeover rules to change

New Zealand Herald
The way failing schools are taken over and managed is set to change as the Ministry of Education seeks to improve how it oversees the process. Poor student achievement, dodgy spending, health and safety issues and management problems can be reasons ...

Advisory Group on Early Learning

The Minister of Education has established an Advisory Group on Early Learning. The group will consider ways to ensure a successful learning pathway for children from early childhood education through into the first years of school, and to strengthen the implementation of the early childhood education curriculum framework, Te Whāriki.

Editorial: Competition way to reduce inequality

The OECD, often described as a club of rich countries, has produced a report supporting a view that a widening gap between rich and poor within its member states is not only bad for their society but also harms their economic growth....

Higher tertiary fees lead to bigger student loans

Students are borrowing more than ever as tertiary fees rise - and those who head overseas after study are likely to take much longer to repay their loan.The annual report on the student loan scheme shows the average amount borrowed...

Report recommends look at Kohanga governance

Radio New Zealand
It has been talking with kohanga reo across the motu about what they want for Maori pre-schools. A spokesperson for the movement's National Trustboard, Derek Fox, said a copy of the report was delivered to kohanga before today's hui at Turangawaewae ...

Māori Academic Achievement To Be Celebrated In Ōtaki

A bumper celebration of Māori academic success is promised for Ōtaki this weekend with Te Wānanga o Raukawa celebrating its 2014 graduation event this Saturday.

Students share Maori language journey

The Nelson Mail
The year 13 students had been at the school from the very start. Kawana and Poutu-Smith were in kohanga reo together. Poutu-Smith said it had been a long journey but a good one. The te reo full immersion school had 54 students enrolled this year. "It's ...

Victoria University appoints new Dean of Law

Victoria University of Wellington has appointed a leading Wellington public and Māori law issues specialist, Dr Mark Hickford, as Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean of Law.

A new way of learning

Auckland stuff.co.nz
Endeavour School is Flagstaff's long-awaited primary and the learning will start from term 1 next year, with a break from the traditional single-cell classroom. Excitement was evident as the kids absorbed the bright colours and varied spaces of the new ...

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